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Massachusetts representative assembly orders all Roman Catholic priests to vacate the colony within three months, an action was also taken by the New York legislature.
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First recurring newspaper in the colonies.
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Blacks can't own a gun.
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Thorough slave codes in place.
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The Tuscaroras and the Yamasees were consistently enslaved by the South Carolinians and rebelled.
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French started importing slaves, and the colony became much more popular and flourished. Had more freedom than later slaves.
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Attacks the French and kills many people because they were encroaching onto their land.
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All are equal in the eyes of God. People weren't getting a person or emotional enough experience in religion, so a few ministers started a spiritual renewal.
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Ben Franklin
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Pennsylvania Hospital formed; show humanitarianism and enlightenment.
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About 100 former slaves created a colony in the risky area between the Spanish and the British.
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20 slaves broke into a store, taking the ammunition and weapons and killing the storekeepers. Moved south, killing whites and acquiring blacks into their army.
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Tuscaroos and Yamasees lost their alliance and consequently lost the war against the British. Which caused a rise in taxes.
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College of New Jersey, Dartmouth, Brown, and Rutgers founded.
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Washington and his troops attacked a small French reconnaissance party, beginning the French and Indian War.
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Royal officials are allowed to search any home without a warrant.
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Britain's military in America increases tremendously after the French and Indian War.
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All Canada land (except the two sugar islands) are given to the British, French territory including New Orleans and west of the Mississippi given to Spain as compensation for British taking Flordia.
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People had to file a lot of papers when loading ships full of sugar.
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Forbade issuing of any local currency in the colonies colonists complained that there literally wasn't enough money to go around.
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Required colonists to provide housing for troops in public buildings, firewood, candles, and drink
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First real revenue tax on colonies and was the most irritating to colonists; tax on documents in court proceedings, diplomas, appointments to public office, clearing ships form harbors, bonds, grants, deeds for land, newspapers.
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Parliament has the right to make laws and things for the colonies.
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Import tax on things like lead, paint, glass, paper, tea, etc.
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Men threw snowballs at, taunted, and threatened soldiers to a great extent, so an angry soldier yelled "Fire!" and 5 were killed and 11 injured.
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British East India Company almost went bankrupt, so to bail it out Britain let them ship to America directly, i.e. no middlemen and much cheaper for Americans.
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Thomas Hutchinson didn't want to not pay the duties for the tea ship, so a bunch of rebels including Sam Adams dressed up as Indians and escorted customs officers off the boat, and dumped all the tea into the Boston Harbor.
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Wanted to achieve unity and get rid of the Intolerable Acts. Wrote a Declaration of Rights and agreed to meet again in 6 months if it hadn't been resolved.
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Colonies tried to make up for the first battle with the Olive Branch Petition, but King George didn't forgive them.
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Washington was finally successful for the first time and pushed the British to New Brunswick.
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British told Gage to get all of MA's weapons at Concord, but Paul Revere warned the recipients of the attack.
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Finally convinced France to start helping us out with money after tension (King George and Queen Mary Anne's War) and us winning the battle.
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Congress wasn't strong enough, so something else was made.
-No chief executive
-Very weak national power
-Reps had term limits and could be taken out of the office at ay time
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Greene made Cornwallis retreat.
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America is independent and gets all land between the Appalachians and the Mississippi and south of the Great Lakes. Also, allies with France forever.
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System for distributing western lands.
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Tried to alleviate taxes on those who have debts by shutting down courts and passing laws for debtors' relief.
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All delegates wealthy, old, white men. Don't live like common people.
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Took land from speculators who didn't buy from Congress, largest states had claims in the west, established a model for govt. and new states' admission.
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Washington allowed $20,000 for Indian negotiations regarding western land--not for humanitarian reasons, simply because it was cheaper.
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Created the federal court systems with somewhat limited power.
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Hamilton proposed a tariff on imported goods and foreign ships to raise revenue and increase the shipping of American goods.
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All citizens love him and are super excited.
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Hamilton's idea of federal bonds for state debts--south hated it because they already paid their debts off.
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12 amendments are signed into law.
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Wollstonecraft argued that the system purposefully educated women poorly to be vain and frivolous. If they got an education, they would function in society very well.
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Invented by Eli Whitney
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Required Americans to return runaway slaves.
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France, Spain, and England were in a conflict and we declared neutrality.
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Indians ceded some land in Ohio and Indiana got $500-$1,000 a month and protection for it.
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With the British basically saying that they would give equal treatment to each other in their ports, no confiscation of property, more defined border with Canada, and British would evacuate forts by June 1, 1796
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Talleyrand wouldn't talk to them unless he was paid millions; that emerged the US. All commercial ties to France were suspended.
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The president can deport any suspicious aliens. A new, broad definition of sedition so the Democratic-Republicans' criticism would die down.
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Jefferson wrote the principle of nullification.
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Our nation's capital was founded. Washington D.C. is still our capital today.